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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Give me a break. HQs go where CEOs live...Amazon’s  HQ will be in DC. The rest is just a charade. [/quote]

the sites in DC are terrible and we already have multiple development sites in litigation. No way this could go through without at least 5 years of lawsuits from DC residents to stop it. Crystal City is the best location. On metro, urban enough, VA is business friendly and you can be in DC in 10 minutes.  Dulles corridor is a shit show of congestion and suburbia, two things Bezos did not want.[/quote]

Crystal City is a s*** show too.[/quote]

+1.

DCUM:  HQ2 isn’t moving to Herndon. They can’t afford 700k 3000 sq houses.

Also DCUM:  HQ2 is coming to Arlington, land of the million dollar shitshacks.

Here a fact guys. Your school system can’t manage the kids they already have without talking about two tracking the high schools because building a 4th high school is impossible for some reason. You do not have the infrastructure for the influx HQ2 would bring. You don’t have a plan to educate the kids you have. That’s just nuts. Tell your school board to get it together, or quit angling for more growth.

Also, saying that the Dulles Tech corridor is congested, but CRYSTAL CITY IS NOT  :shock:  is bonkers.  I live in the Dulles Tech corridor and work in CC. CC is a lot more congested than Western Fairfax. [/quote]

Amazon doesn't care about where their employees kids go to school.  Its a non-issue.  Not their problem.[/quote]

Wasn't affordability one of Amazon's priority? That should rule out most of the DC area, in theory. But I suspect Amazon will ignore this priority and go for another expensive market. [/quote]

affordability is one criterion of many.

They MIGHT go for a lower COL metro area.

They might go for an urban location in a high COL area, such as Crystal City.

They might compromise and go with Herndon (or similar in other metros)

I don't know exactly.

If they DO locate in CC, some new folks will live in Arlington, most families with HS age children will not.  Arlington will manage the school capacity issue.

And Amazon will find that CC's combination of walkability, bikability, metrorail, VRE, and buses, provides many options.   It is dense, and I suppose driving is a pain, but it doesn't really feel that congested.

But Herndon, with its convenience to Dulles airport, and to a large tech workforce, has advantages as well. [/quote]

Amazon's criteria is what makes most sense for Amazon financially.  Its about money.  They don't truly care about housing, schools or transportation.  And, just because there is public transportation around its not that easy for most to get to that public transportation.  The metro is very limited in where it goes.  You have to cut through DC from MD to get to VA.   You are fooling yourself to think it has to do with anything beyond money.  They have to leave/cannot grow in Seattle because they are now heavily taxing them.  Its all about money.[/quote]

Of course its about money. To make money they need a labor force.   That is why the local tech labor force matters, and also schools and transporation.  I mean they could locate to Alabama or Tennessee (I guess) if they just want lower taxes.  Its all about money /= its all about taxes.

And for the younger people who will be an important part of their labor force, metro is quite important.  And at Crystal City there is also VRE.

Is it hard to get from Md to Crystal City?  I suppose.   Since Md does not have as big a tech labor force as Virginia, I doubt that is a big problem for Amazon. [/quote]

The only criterion is money.  How many qualified employees can Amazon get.  Housing costs, schools, etc. are not important.  That is corporate spin.  Amazon is going to land in Crystal City 90%.  All Bezos wants are 20 and 30 something educated employees, and proximity to the world's power center, Washington, DC.  Bezos is already expanding AWS in Loudoun County be a few thousand employees. HQ2 is not going there as well.  DC is off the list.  Maryland regulations turn off Bezos.  Bezos wants a east coast time zone as well.  There is so much wishful thinking, but the decision was made the moment the search for HQ2 was announced.  People who think vulture billionaires like Bezos cares about housing and schools have not been paying attention to Seattle.  He does not, has not, and will not weigh any factor other than talent and location to DC politicians. [/quote]

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